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Monday, June 6, 2016

MONDAY MADNESS: NBB (New Bits and Bobs) for May 2016

I’ve been shopping online
quite a lot in the past few months, since I was basically tied to the couch for
the last couple of weeks of my pregnancy and have not left the house for the
first month much.

Basically what I’m trying to say is that the products you see
above were not all bought in May, but I’ll try to keep up from now on with my
monthly shopping report. I also completely forgot about my Lancome Juicy Shaker
since it’s been in my purse ever since I’ve gotten it, but I think I’ll be
writing a separate post about it very soon. I should also mention a present
from Licila.si – the Freedom Brush Bath that I’ve already reviewed in a post
you can read here.

Starting with
skincare, I bought a new make-up remover from L’Oreal. It looks very oily in
the bottle but promises to be “non greasy” so we’ll see about that. I also had
to get a new deodorant and chose the Garnier mineral InvisiCalm antiperspirant.
I am not a fan of antiperspirants in general but I’ll only be using this once
in a blue moon for seriously sweaty situations so hopefully I won’t react badly
to it.

Nivea was kind to send
me a huge (and I mean huge) promotional package full of stuff for the summer,
but the real star of the package is the new Nivea Sun Protect & Refresh sun
lotion. You can expect more information about this bad boy in the Wednesday
selection coming this week.

I also received a face
wash from Mirati, a brand I didn’t know until very recently. I am happy to
support local brands by giving my honest opinion and I’ll continue testing it
until I’m ready to give a verdict.

I bought the Golden
Rose Silky Touch Blush On (n. 207) about a week ago and so far, so good. I’m
always impressed by the prices at GR counters and hopefully I’ll be impressed
by the quality as well

Avon was very kind and
sent me their Bronzing pearls (pink bronze) from the new Avon Glow collection.
I don’t think I could pass this for a bronzer, but I’ll try using it as a
highlight and report back.

I didn’t have many
Ciate polishes in my collection and when opportunity arose, I got three
different ones for about 5 € per piece which is half of what you would pay at a
drugstore. The colors left to right are Headliner, Snow Virgin and Apple and
Custard. I love the colors but will report back on the formula.

I got three new Look
Fantastic beauty boxes in the past few months but I must say that I’ve been
very disappointed in them. I tried most of the products and they just didn’t
work for me, but I haven’t gotten around to using this Revlon Uniq One coconut
hair treatment. I haven’t seen one before in our stores here so I can’t wait to
play around with it. Besides, I never knew that Revlon made haircare products??

Another surprise present by
Avon was this Outstanding Eyes dual-ended kohl eyeliner. I am very particular
about my eyeliners so this one is about to undergo a hard test. We’ll see how
it plays out.

From Licila.si, I
received the Freedom London Duo Brow Powder (Soft Brown). As you can probably
tell by the dents, I’ve already been using it quite a lot, but I’ll share my
thoughts on it in two weeks’ time.

This I heart makeup
palette named Salted Caramel was also a gift from Licila.si.

I own the original Too
Faced Chocolate bar palette and by the first glance at this palette I think
that it’s supposed to be a dupe for the Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate bar that
I don’t have so I’m excited to have a dupe for it and play around with it.

Last but not least –
here are the lipsticks. Oh, so many lipsticks, so few opportunities to wear one
with a new baby around. But don’t worry, they are still getting much love which
they deserve.

Most of these are from
the Sephora Give me some nude lip kit and I’ll probably be writing a separate
review about them since I know many of you are on a hunt for a really good
high-end lipstick. I however purchased the Kat Von D studded lipstick
separately and the same goes for the Golden Rose lipstick and Lip Crayon.

If anything tickles
your fancy and you’d like me to write a separate post about it, don’t hesitate
to tell me so in the comments. And keep your eye out for a review of these
products on 3rd Monday of June.